Myanmar protesters have singled out China for blocking international actions against the military junta, which has carried out widespread human rights violations in its crackdown on peaceful protestors.
A UN team of investigators has appealed for people to collect and preserve documentary evidence of crimes ordered by the Myanmar military since its February 1 coup, in order to build future cases against its leaders, ABC reported.
Ousted Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyer has rejected Military junta corruption claims against her as 'groundless'.
The military - which has defended its takeover by citing alleged voting irregularities in November elections won by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party - held a rare news conference on Thursday accusing her of corruption.
The UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Tom Andrews delivered a sobering message on the ongoing human rights crisis in Myanmar to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday, saying as soon as he reports the numbers of deaths and arrests, the numbers become outdated daily.
The State Administration Council (SAC) on Thursday accused detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi of accepting a $600,000 illegal payment and more than 11 kilograms of gold.
"We have learnt Daw Aung San Suu Kyi herself took this $600,000 and seven visses (11.2 kilograms) of gold. The anti-corruption commission is investigating," the SAC spokesman Zaw Min Tun told reporters in the capital Naypyidaw.
Myanmar reported 41 more COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the tally in the country to 142,114, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports, Xinhua reported.
One more COVID-19 death was reported on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 3,201 in total, the release said.
According to the ministry's figures, a total of 131,722 patients have been discharged from the hospitals and over 2.5 million samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far.
Myanmar's Anti-Terrorism Central Committee Thursday issued an order withdrawing the terrorist designation of Arakan Army (AA) under the approval of the State Administration Council, Xinhua reported.
"Currently, the United League of Arakan (ULA)/ Arakan Army (AA) no longer commit any terrorist acts," the committee's order said.